Student confederation was created in Kharkiv

The main objective of the new student confederation – informative and organizational support for students who want to participate in the international educational programs.

The creation of the Confederation of Kharkiv Students was held with the support of the Department of Education and Science of Kharkiv Regional State Administration (KRSA).

The constitutive meeting during which was signed an agreement on the creation of a confederation took place on January 25. It was attended by about 100 representatives from 31 higher education institutions of the Kharkiv region and representatives of youth organizations.

According to the initiators of the confederation, they plan to collect and publish on organization’s website all information about international projects and grants for students which function in the Kharkiv region. In addition, they plan to open representative offices of the confederations in all Kharkiv universities.

Among the prioritized programs of the organization – implementation of projects Erasmus Plus, “Clean University” (dedicated to the fight against corruption), the creation of the Center of grant and scholarship support and effective budgeting School of student government. Moreover, students are going to conduct an independent audit of higher educational institutions, as reported the press service of KRSA.